Yesterday, 1 April, a Santiago judge set bail at RD$800,000 and imposed an exit ban and periodic court appearances for the lawyer and presenter, Marcos Martinez, who was sued in 2012 by the then First Lady, Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez for falsifying documents. The documents alleged showed that Cedeno had 43 million euros in a Danish bank account.
Judge Clara Vargas deliberated for almost an hour and a half before reaching her decision whilst the defendant’s lawyers, Manuel Sierra Perez and Francisco Hernandez alleged that she was influenced by her supposed friendship with Cedeno de Fernandez, the current Vice President.
The lawyers representing Martinez warned that they might take the case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.